Key-arrangement for fixing wooden tool handles



KEY-ARRANGEMENT, FOR FIXING WOODEN TOOL-HANDLES Jan. 25, 1944. A. LIND Filed oct. 22, 1942 wk Fl] IINVIENI-OR: I finders Z I M flTTORlVEY-S 1 I H a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE KEY-ARRANGEMENT FOR, FIXING WOODEN TOOL HANDLES Anders Lind, Edsbyn, Sweden j Application October 22, 1942, Serial No. 462,986

In Sweden October 9, 1941 2 Claims. (Cl. 306-33) It is known to fix a wooden handle to a tool plate 3 that has no projections. In this way the by means of a plate provided with projections projections 4 are pressed into the wood of the on one side and inserted into a slit on the end handle I without sliding in the longitudinal diof the handle, into which slit a key afterwards rection so that no longitudinal grooves are is driven on the other side of the plate so that 5 formed in the wood of the handle and the prothe projections are pressed into the wood of the jections 4 hold the plate 3 firmly fixed in the handle. slit 2. Then the part of the key I that projects According to the present invention the part of out of the slit 2 is sawn off (Figs. 5 and 6) and the plate that projects out of the slit is divided the flange 6 is bent over the end of the key I so in flanges, one or several of which are bent over 10 that the key also is firmly fixed in the slit 2.

the key after it is driven into the slit and the Having now pa ti u ar y d s i t natur other or the others of which have been bent in of my invention and the manner of its ope ation the opposite direction, before the plate is inserted what I claim is:

into the slit so that this other flange or these 1. Key-arrangement for fixing a wooden hanother flanges serve as rabbets on the end of the dle to a tool, comprising a slit on the end of said handle and prevent that when the key is driven handle, a plate inserted into said slit and having in and the projections, which can be barb-likely one side provided with projections and the other formed, are pressed into the wood of the handle, side smooth, a key driven into said slit on the longitudinal grooves are formed by the projecsmoot Sid O Sa p at flanges arranged 011 tions in the wood of the handle. In this way he pp r end of said plate nd pr j ing t o the plate and the key lock one another and the said slit, certain of said flanges being bent over plate and the key are firmly fixed in the slit. said key after it is driven in and other of said An example of the arrangement according to flanges being bent in the opposite direction bethe invention is illustrated on the accompanying fore said plate is inserted, to extend over the end drawing. of the handle.

Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 7 of the drawing are lengitu- 2. Key-arran ement for fixing a w od n handinal sections through the end of the handle. d e to a to l, pri a s t n t d of sai Figs. 2, 4, 6 and 8 are the corresponding planhandle, a plate of sheet-metal inserted into said views. slit and having one side provided with projecl is a Wooden handle on which a tool marked tions and the other side smooth, a wooden key with dash lines is to be fixed. For this purpose driven into said slit on the smooth side of said a slit 2 is sawn in the end of the handle I. A plate, a plurality of flanges arranged on the plate 3 of sheet-metal provided on the left side upper end of said plate and projecting out of with barb-like projections 4 and on the upper said slit, certain of said flanges being bent over end with two flanges 5 bent to the left and with said key after it is driven in and other of said one flange 6 directed upwards and arranged beflanges being bent in the opposite direction between the flanges 5 is inserted into the slit 2 so fore said plate is inserted, to extend over the end that the flanges 5 strike against the end of the of the handle. handle I (Figs. 3 and 4). Afterwards a wooden key 1 is driven into the slit 2 on the side of the ANDERS LIND. 

